Kommentar: Trump setzt auf seine Basis – und riskiert alles
Rund zwei Drittel der Amerikaner lehnen Trumps Politik ab, doch seine treuesten Anhänger stehen zu ihm. Verlieren seine Kandidaten, stellt sich eine Frage, die ihm nicht gefallen dürfte.
On Tuesday, when most of the 210 million registered Americans cast their votes in polling stations for the midterm elections, it's not merely a vote on the makeup of Congress or the state of Donald Trump's presidency over the past two years. It's also a vote on how the Americans envision the future of their country. Now, two years into his second term, it should be crystal clear to everyone what this man and his supporters intend to do and what they are capable of achieving.
They aim for a country where the rule of the stronger reigns supreme. A place where the president and his agencies disregard court rulings while deporting people, felling ancient trees and building ballrooms. A nation in which the president and his family can enrich themselves shamelessly through their office. It's a country where the defense minister wants to broadcast a death sentence on live television.
A place where citizenship is determined not by a passport, but by one's ideology. A land where autocrats are honored and allies are threatened. A place where the president engages in a war unilaterally, without consulting Congress.
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